Hannah Rickman gave a presentation on Tuesday the 6th of January 2026 on 'Tracking transmission to end TB: lessons from surveys of TB infection'. Listen to the seminar here

Flora Dangwa, CREATE fellow who started in November 2024, wrote a short piece on how pleased she was to win a prize for her presentation at the fellows meeting in November. 'Building a world where dignity at end of life is universal. I’m deeply honoured to have won the CREATE Lightning Presentation for my work on the “MUTSA Study,” exploring Compassionate Communities and Ubuntu in palliative care at the recent CREATE PhD Fellows meeting in London. This recognition is more tha

A new PhD fellowship opportunity is available, for a project on ' Molecular studies of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensive drug-resistant (XDR) TB in West Africa' Applicants should : Hold an MSc completed within the last 3 years Have experience with bacterial genomics, bioinformatics, and/or BSL-3 lab work (advantageous) Have strong English skills, French also a plus Click here for more details and how to apply Closing date is the 2nd of January, 16:00 GMT

At the end of November 2025 the CREATE PhD Programme welcomed its fellows, supervisors, PMG members, invited speakers and guests to a fellows meeting, held this year at The Wellcome Collection in London, UK.  Our meeting days were Wednesday the 26 th  and Friday the 27 th  and the fellows attended a Wellcome meeting for Wellcome Trust PhD fellows from Programmes around the nation.   27 fellows attended our meeting days in person and gave lightning and extended presentations,

JayJay will be presenting at his upgrading seminar: 'An ethnographic study of the meanings and experiences of wellbeing among adolescents in Zimbabwe: Tribhoo'' on Tuesday the 25th of November at 11:00 GMT. Please join over Zoom Meeting ID: 898 4527 1039 Password: 560733 Abstract: The concept of adolescent wellbeing has gained global attention, yet dominant frameworks often fail to capture the diverse lived experiences of adolescents in different cultural contexts. In Zimbabw

IMPALA trial PI Fiona Cresswell and two CREATE PhD fellows - Ubaldo Bahemuka, and Jonathan Kitonsa, will be presenting at a seminar on the 2nd of December 2025, 12:00 GMT. A recording of this seminar can be found here Zoom details below : https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/96976895077?pwd=RS9NV2lBT1FBdkR1bDVMdjk2LzRIdz09 Meeting ID: 969 7689 5077 Password: 483417

Ed Monk's PhD upgrading seminar on 'The transmissions dynamics of Streptococcus pyogenes within the classrooms. households and environment of primary school-aged children in The Gambia' will be taking place on Monday the 3rd of November 2025, at 13:00 GMT. Please join over Zoom Meeting ID: 874 0545 6592 Password: 174366 Abstract This PhD will investigate the transmission of Streptococcus pyogenes  (Strep A) in primary school-aged children and their household members in Bakau

We will be holding a webinar on Friday the 10th of October 2025, at 12:00 BST for anyone who would like more information on the CREATE...

Our fifth and final round for this PhD programme is now open for applications for UK fellowships. The closing date for applications is...

Tumushime MK, Ruhode N, Neuman M, Watadzaushe C, Mutseta M, Taegtmeyer M, Johnson CC, Hatzold K, Corbett EL, Cowan FM, Sibanda EL. Do...

Reference number ZI2501  Closing date - 30th April 2025   Applications are now open for a PhD fellowship based at the Zvitambo Institute...

Tinashe Mwaturura's upgrading on 'Development, implementation and evaluation of quality improvement interventions for blood culture...

A PhD fellowship opportunity is now open, at the MRC Unit in The Gambia, with a closing date of the 30th November 2024 and by16:00 hours....

We will be holding a webinar for any UK applicants who have any questions or would just like to hear a bit more about the Programme, on...

The fourth year of UK fellowships recruitment is now open, for health professionals who would like to undertake their PhD research in...

Lydia will be presenting at her upgrading seminar on 'Co-designing an infection prevention and control intervention with staff and...

CREATE PhD fellow Kondwelani Mateyo will be presenting his research on 'Artificial-Intelligence-Assisted Lung Ultrasound in Pulmonary...

A fully-packed meeting was held in Lusaka, Zambia from the 16th to 19th January 2024 with 24 Programme fellows attending, along with...

For our UK fellowship applicants, we will be holding a stage 1 webinar on Wednesday the 11th of October, at 12:00 BST. You do not need...

Rumbidzai Gumbie's upgrading seminar on Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health into clinic-based HIV services in Zimbabwe: co-design...